Open AccessClinico- pathological profile and course of malignant pleural effusion in a tertiary care teaching hospital in western U.P. with special reference to lung cancer
Author(s) -
Anurag Agrawal,
Lalit Singh,
Aakanksha Chawla,
R. N. Tandon
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.159551
Subject(s) - medicine , tertiary care , lung cancer , pathological , pleural effusion , course (navigation) , lung , general surgery , malignant pleural effusion , oncology , astronomy , physics
Malignant pleural effusion is a major clinical problem associated with primary and metastatic pleural malignancies. Pleural effusions from an unknown primary are responsible for 7-15% of all malignant pleural effusions. Presence of malignant pleural effusion puts the patient in advanced stage and renders the prognosis as poor.